The Frontier
PablUhyd by D. E. CKORIH
the Tear 75 OanU Six Months
OffioUl paper of O'Neill end Holt county.
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Yell County (Ark ) Republican:
Sitting here on this stool meditating
upon the past, present and future, do
ing our best to be honest with ourself
and fellow man, we have just made a
resolution, and here it is: “Resolved,
That we, the editor of the Yell
County Republican, will uenceforth
and forever, as long as we are able to
get to the polling place, vote the
Democratic ticket, provide the Tariff
legislation now pending in the United
States Congress, becomes a law and
the high cost of living is thereby re
duced without hurting the American
farmer, and provided that our great
American industries continue to do
business as they have in the past, and
thattbegreit army of wage-workers
are enabled to make and save more
money than it was posslable for them
to make and save during the past ten
years under Republican rule.’’ Now,
we consider this a fair proposition,
and will stick to it like a man. Will
you, Mr. Democrat, make a resolution
to vote tbe Republican ticket provid
ed the Democratic party mow in
power, falls to reduce the 1 igh cost of
living without hurting the producer,
and If the wage-worker fails to make
as much money as was possible under
republican rule? Any ^nan is a fool
who does not vote for the party that
does the most good for the most
people. There is no use for a man to
let political prejudice blind him to
his own Interests. We will let you
know when we feel the change coming
6n. We are still normal.
Sidney Telegraph: "If you want
your town to out a good figure before
the world”, remarks an exchange,
subscribe to the home paper and ad
vertise as much as your business whl
fairly warranW This is sound,
practical, advise, the merit of which
can be readily demonstrated by any
one who will give heed to It. Tbe
properly conducted newspaper is the
best exponent and exemplification of
tbe character of the community in
which it is published. It symbolizes
t(he civic spirit, the business enter
prise and the intellectual standard of
the people it represents If its news
columns are well filled and well
written, its editorials marked by in
telligent discussion of live questions
of general public Interest, Its adver
tising patronage betokening business
enterprise, and its typographical ap
pearance clean and attractive, the
newspaper carries with it assurance
that it represents an intelligent, dis
criminating, progressive community.
Suoh a newspaper carries wherever
it goes a message of helpfulness for
tbe town from which It emanates. It
presents an Invitation tfo the home
seekers and to the business men look
ing for a favorable location to visit
its town. It Is a herald of community
progress and prosperity. x Therefore
dvery citizen of a town where is
published a paper of the character
described should feel a personal and
Intimate Interest In It, as an essentia)
means of enabling the town to “cut a
good figure before tbe the world”.
There is nothing else that will so
certainly and effectively do this as
tbe well-conducted home paper,
reflecting In its carefully prepared
contents and attractive appearance
the intelligence, enterprise and pro
gressiveness of the people who
patronize It.
The Best Medicine in the World
"My little girl bad dysentery v€rj
bad. I thought sire would die. Cham
berlain’s Collo, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy oured her, and I can truth
fully say I think It is the best medi
cine In the world,” Writes Mrs.
William Orvls, Clare, Mich. For sale
by all dealers. Adv.
A Good Investment
W. D. Magli. a well known merch
ant of Wbltemound, Wis., bought a
stock of Chamberlain's medicine so as
to be able to supply them to his
Customers. After receiving them he
was himself taken sick and says that
one small bottle of Chamberlain's
Oollo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was worth more to him than the cost
of his entire stock of these medicines.
For sale by all dealers. Adv
AN ANECDOTE OF M’KlNLEY.
His Gentle Rebuke to a Department
Ch ief'e^Su bord i nate.
President McKinley’s scrupulous loy
alty to his cabinet offiecrs is spoken of
as one of his characteristics. It Is said
that he never went i/ver the heads of
his secretaries to consult an assistant,
but hekJ each to responsibility for his
department
Of all the events of his administra
tion probably none was a source of
more anxiety to him than the decision
of the supreme court on the status of
the colonies. It was a matter of great
moment whether the highest judicial
body should uphold the view of the
administration that the constitution
sanctioned the possession of colonies
which were not granted full represen
tation. There were conflicting rumors
and forecasts of the color of the deci
sion, and these added to the tension
felt at Washington. Shortly before
the aunouncement of the finding of the
court n Subordinate officer of one of
the departments appeared at the White
House at an unusual hour and Insisted
upon seeing the president on the plea
of important business, naving been
admitted, ha came at once to his er
rand.
“Mr. President, I have some good
news for you. I have Just learned au
thoritatively that the decision of the
supreme court is to be in your favor.”
He fairly glowed with the Importance
of his welcome message.
“Thank you,” said Mr. McKinley
quietly. "That is gqod news. But
have you Informed your chief?”
“No, Mr. President I thought you
ought to bo the first to know it.”
“Well, Mr. -, I’m sorry for that.
Now, will you please do me the favor
to go at once to your chief and* give
him the information so that he may
communicate it to me?”—Silas Harri
son in Century.
SPINNING ASBESTOS.
A Thread a Hundred Yarde Long and
Only an Ounce In Weight.
lYhen it leaves the cobbing sheds as
bestos is sent to the spinning mills In
bags containing about 100 pounds. It
is then first carded by a machine
somewhat resembling the saw tooth
gin seen in cotton mills. This machine
separates the tangled fibers, upon the
completion of which operation there oc
curs a final carding on a regular card
ing machine. Leaving this carding ma
chine the asbestos is combed smoothly
and the fibers are laid parallel in a uni
form mass.
The next step is to treat this mass
in a rotary spinning machine. First
the mass is spun lhto a coarse yarn.
Then it is drawn and spun until it be
comes fine and quite strong. In case a
hard, strong thread is required for cer
tain fabrics the asbestos yarn is placed
in a doubling and twisting machine,
where two or more of the yarn threads
are combined. If the asbestos is to be
impregnated with rubber a smooth,
hard finished thread is not desirable.
For a long time the problem of spin
ning asbestos presented many diffi
culties by reason of the manner in
which the threads persisted in slipping
past one another. Eventually it was
found that, under the microscope, a
thread of asbestos displayed a notched
surface and that by means of special
twisting the spinning could be success
fully accomplished. The result Is that,,
after many years of experiment, manu
facturers nowadays are able to turn
out a single asbestos thread 100 yards
in length and not exceeding an ounce
in weight—Exchange.
A Voles Without a Soul.
Tibet’s dalai Jama was greatly dis
turbed by the first phonograph he saw.
Edmund Candler, when in Lassa with
the Younghusband expedition, heard
from the Nepalese resident how he had
recently brought the uncanny toy as a
present from the maharajah of Nepal
to the priest king. The dalai lama
walked around it uneasily as it blared
forth an English band piece and an in
delicato Bhutanese song. Then he
thought for a long while, and finally
said ho could not live with this voice
without a soul. So it was passed on to
somebody else.
A Paternal Proposition.
“The government throws nil the ob
solete army weapons In the Junk pile.
They are unsalable."
“Seems to me the government gives
very little thought to pleasing its citi
sens."
“How now?”
"Think of the innocent joy that
would result if they buried those
weapons on the various battlefields for
tourists to dig up."—Kansas City Jour
nal. s
Ovid and Aviation.
If the aviators of today wish for a
classical motto, what better can they
take than this passage from Ovid's
“Ars Amatoria,” 2, 43^
quU crederet umquam
Aerlaa hominera carpere posse visa?
which means, “Who would believe that
man will ever be able to take aerial
paths?”—Youth’s Companion.
Real Obliging.
Creditor—I should like to know when
yon are going to pay this bill. I can’t
come here every day in the week.
Debtor—What day would suit you best?
Creditor—Saturday. Debtor—Very well;
then you can call here every Saturday.
—London Opinion.
Never Lonesome.
“You really like country life, do you,
Dobby?" asked Petlow.
“You bet I do,” said Dobson.
“What do you do with yourself
nights?" asked Petlow.
“Oh, I come to town,” said Dobsoeu—
Harper’s {Weekly.
FATE OF A WORLD
Its Course From Chaos to Its
Hopeless Death Struggle.
THREE ACTS IN THE TRAGEDY
The Firet Is Shown by Jupiter, the
Second by the Earth and the Third
by Mars, While the Moon Shows the
Empty Stage After the Play Is Done.
No stage was ever set for such a
tragedy as tbe planet Mars presents.
It Is tbe last act In the drama ’of a
world’s history f""
The first act in such a drama consists
of scenes from chaos. Tbe huge plan
et Jupiter offers us a spectacle of that
kind in its streaming belts of thick
clouds and its whirling vapors, glow
ing like steam above a furnace.
Tbe second act is represented by the
earth, with its fertile crust, its cool, in
vigorating atmosphere and its life sus
taining seas that give birth' to the
clouds which, condensing on the
mountains, furnish the rains and set
the rivers flowing.
The closing act is the role of Mars,
where the seas have vanished, the at
mosphere has thinned out, the rivers
have disappeared, the continents have
turned into deserts, and life, driven into
a corner, is battling against final ex
tinction.
That there is yet intelligent lire on
Mars is the universal belief of all the
observers whom Mr. Lowell has gath
ered about him at bis Flagstaff ob
servatory, where the extraordinary phe
nomena of that wonderful planet are
studied as nowhere else in the world.
More than that, they tell us with
ever Increasing emphasis that the peo
ple of Mars, compelled by necessity,
have developed a command over natu
ral forces which would seem miracu
lous If exhibited upon the earth.
With them It has become simply a
question of brain power against the
inanimate powers of nature.
They have nights and days of the •
same length as ours. They have sea
sons almost precisely corresponding
with ours, except that they are each
twice as long. But their oceans are
dried up, no rains fall (though there
may be dews), and nearly all the at
mospheric moisture is alternately lock
ed up in one or the other of the polar
snowcaps.
In aucb a situation no vegetntion can
flourish unless artificially stimulated
by a gigantic system of irrigation. And
without vegetation animal existence is
impossible.
But whence can the inhabitants of
Mars derive the water needed for irri
gation? The answer given Is that they
get it periodically from the melting of
the polar snows. Being without seas
and rivers they have no other source
of supply. »
On Mars the reign of universal peace
must have begun ages ago, Introduced
not by moral or sentimental consid
erations, but by the necessity of unit
ing all thq engineering skill, all the in
ventive powers and all the physical
forces of the entire population of the
planet in a common battle for Ufa
The only thought of their inventors
is of improved means for controlling
the slowly lessening supplies of mois
ture that once in about two of our
years may be drawn away from one
of the poles while the summer sun
shine Is dissolving its thin snows.
This universal concentration of men
tal energy upon a single aim If con
ceived as having developed upon Mars
a knowledge of the hidden forces of
nature such as has up to the present
merely been dreamed of on the earth.
We have Just begun to learn how to
use electricity in the mechanic arts,
but they may have unlocked the secret
forces Inclosed In the atoms of matter
which our science has recently assured
us exist without showing us how to
utilize them.
Only by such suppositions can the
"canals,” hundreds of miles wide and
thousands of miles long, be accounted
for. if, as the Flagstaff observers in
sist. those objects are really of arti
ficial origin. It should be said, how
ever, that In Mr. Lowell’s opinion the
bands called canals are, in fait, irri
gated belts. -- ^
The real canals within them are in
visible, while the progressive darken
ing of these belts, as the polar melting
Increases, is due to the growth of veg
etation, stimulated by the water.
After the world life drama closes
there is left an empty stage, and this
is represented by the moon. The lunar
world has lost all its water. Its. trag
edy is finished. The actors are all dead.
Millions of years ago there may have
been a battle for life there like that
which now appears to be raging on
Mars. And millions of years In the
future the stage of the earth will prob
ably be set for a similar tragedy. For,
to the eyes of the overlooking gods (to
change a little Shakespeare’s figure):
All th« sky’s a stage.
And all the worlds and suns are merely
actors. *
—Garrett P. Serviss in New York Jour
nal.
Folding a Coat.
Here is tbe way to fold a man’s .coat
when you want to pack it in a box
or a trunk. Lay the coat out perfectly
flat right side up. Spread the sleeves
out smoothly, then fold them back to
the elbow until the bottoms of the
cuffs are even with the collarr Fold
tbe revers back and double the coat
over, folding it on the enter seam.
Smooth out a if' wrinkles and lay it on
a level surface in the trunk.
Half tbe Joy of life Is In little things
taken on the run.—David Starr Iordan.
PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.
Kodak supplies at Graves Jewelry
store. 45-3 m
2 pouud caDs of Advona coffee 50
cents at Horiskey’s. 1-tf
1 have one or two houses, close in,
to sell or rent.—-Cun Keys.
Violins, bows, strings and repairs—
Graves Jewelry store. 45-3m
2 pound cans of Advona coffee 50
cents at Horiskey’s. . 1-tf
We have curtain stretchers to rent
by the day.—Doty & Jordan 46-tf.
Kodak time is any uld time, buy one
now.—Graves Jewelry store. 45-3m
Fine Candies and Hot Chocolate.—
McMillan & Markley’s Bakery and
Candy Kitchen. 22-tf.
Star Brand Shoes are better, no
substitute for leather ever used. For
sale by Fred Alberts 51-tf
Storage—If you want to store your
furniture and stoves in a good dry
place see Doty & Jordan. 40-tf
Dr. Corbett, in O’Neill first four
days, in Atkinson two days every
week, beging April 1.
Try Frank and Vince Snchv’s miloi
shop for French Dry Cleaning. Their
work can’t be beat. 1-tf.
Fur Sale—'My residence property in
lie west part of town. Six lots well
improved—R. H. Madison. 48-tf
For Sale—House and lot one block
east of the school house. Terms
reasonable.—D. W. Cameron. 9-tf
For Rent—Seven room cottage,
newly painted and papered. Want
good tenant.—Mrs. Belle Ryan 2-2
A nice dark red barn paint guaran
teed for live years, no benzine or
water in It, at $1 per gallon.—Duty „
Jordan. ®!
For Sale—Four residence lots in
southwest part of city. South and
east front. Price $350.—C. F. Me
Kenna. 52 4
For Rent—Five newly painted and
papered rooms over McManus’ grocery
store. For particulars phone 104 or
see P. J. McManus. 2-2.
Lost—On the streets of O’Neill on
Sunday, June 22, a black dress coat.
Finder please return to Thomas
Donlin and receive reward. 3-2p
We do French Dry Cleaning in our
■Shop of all ladies and gentlemen’s
garments. Nothing but first class
work turned out. At Frank and Vince
Nuchy’s tailor shop. 1-tf
Try the new harness shop. We will
make anything in the harness line,
and would like to get your orders.
Prices right,.—The O’Neill Harness
Shop, John L. Ohmeler, prop. 52-4
For Sale—Good six room house
with celler. situated on one acre of
land with nice lawn and trees. For
further information call upon or
write T. J. Fleener,0’N§ill,Neb. 52-tf
Taken Up—On June 10th, 1913, on
the Mrs. W. F. Smith farm, seven
miles north and one mile east of
O’Neill, one bay mare with star in
forehead and two white hind feet,
scar on right shoulder and collar mark
on left. Owner can secure same for
proving property and paying expenses.
J. E. Niles,O’Neill. 2-5
No 104 is the telephone number of
the new grocery department opened
by P. J. McManus in the building just
north of his store which was purchas
ed by Mr. McManus a short time ago.
The store is fitted up In a neat and
attractive manner and persons calling
there will find some of the greatest
bargains in the city.
No. 104 is the telephone number
of the new grocery department
opened by P. J. McManus in the
building just north of the store
which was purchased by Mr. Mc
Manus a short time ago. The store
is fitted up in a neat and attractive
manner and persons calling there
will find some of the greatest
grocery bargains in the city.
Returns to His First Love.
T.N.J. Hynes, for mac y years a
resident of this county but who has
lived In Utah a ad Montoua the past
fifteen years, arrived in the city Mon
day and again expects to take up his
permanent abode in Holt county
Age has dealt very gently with him
and he looks as young as he did when
he left O’Neill fifteen years ago. He
has been living at Anaconda. Mont.,
the past five years and says tbat'all
the former O’Neill people who are
living in that city are well and pros
perous.
Another Good Rain.
Another heavy rain visited the
country north and east of O’Neill last
Tuesday afternoon, covering a strip of
territory about six miles wide and ten
miles long. A little hail fell, but not
enough to injure any of the growing
crops. Mr. Ridgeway was in from the
Agee country Wednesday and he says
that there was about an Inch of rain
at his place and that the rain Tues
day afternoon was heavier than that
which fell Sunday About another
good rain will be all they will need
In that section of the county to in
sure them a bumper corn crop.
To Automobile Owners.
Your attention Is particularly called
to the provision Of the Nebraska
statute which provides an annual tax
of $2 00 per year on automobiles, said
money to be paid to thet ounty Treas
urer of the county, to be credited to
the county road fund. Failure to pay
this tax is made by law a misdemean
or punishable by a fine not to exceed
*50.00 for thb first offense, and punish
able by a fine of not less than *50.00
nor more than *100.00 or imprison
ment not to exceed sixty days in the
oounty jail for each subsequent offense,
or both fine and imprisonment In the
discretion of the court. If you are
delinquent or have not paid this
license fee you should give the matter
.your immediate attention
2 2 M. K. SULLIVAN,
County Treasurer.
Freeman Bios. Show.
Remember the talking, singing and
other sounds are not done by people
behind the screen, but are produced
by the Cameraphone a triumph of
mechanical construction which re
produces the voice, music, and other
sounds as loud and natural as life, so
that when the Cameraphone is run in
connection with the moving pictures,
you are almost forced to believe you
ne viewing the reality and not the
photographic reproduction. For in
stance we have the Georgia Minstrels,
which runs for 40 minutes, you see the
curtain go up; you see the minstrel
first part; you hear the middle man
and end man cracking jokes; you hear
them laugh, sing and dance, jhst as
natural as if you were taking in the
genuine Georgia Minstrel show. You
see the old cabin home,the old darkies
singing the old plantation songs. You
see each and every movement^ you
hear each and every sound. Can you
imagine an entertainment that can in
anyway compare with the wonderful
talking pictures. At Freeman Bros
Tent Show, here all next week. Adv.
Conserve the Moisture.
Acording to the reports of the
weather bureau, June is Nebraska’s
heaviest rainfall. The average for
May and July is a little less than
June, while August has but three
fourths as much as much as July and
September but three fourths as much
as August Corn uses the most mois
ture in July and August. One of the
most important factors of successful
corn production in Nebraska is con
serving the moisture which falls in
May and June so that the plant may
use it in July and August. Consider
able moisture will always be lost by
surface evaporations, but a goo 1 dust
mulch offers some protection. A
recent bulletin of the state agricul
tural school says:
“By far the greatest needless loss of
water from Nebraska cornfields is the
water used by weeds We do not
usually have any more moisture than
the corn needs, so that the amount
used by other plants is a direct loss to
the corn crop. It is usually consider
ed that weeds which come up after
the corn shades the ground will not
reach sufficient size to sap the ground
The damage generally comes from
weeds which were left when the corn
was cultivated. They have grown
with the corn and always seem to
absorb their full share of nourishment
and moisture.
“Our wheat harvest and second cut
ting of alfalfa came at a time when
the corn will need attention. Because
of this the we ds too often get a good
start and in an effort to cover them
the shovels are set down deep and the
dirt flies. This last cultivation should
be shallow and the field should be
left as level as possible. Ridging up
the corn serveSTio useful purpose, but
increases surface exaporation. If the
corn is clean after the first and second
cultivations it is not necessary to
stir the ground deep the third and
fourth times over, as the small weeds
are easily covered.”
The Live Stock Market
South Omaha, Neb. July 1.—From
the Standard Live Stock Commission
Co.
There is not much change in cattle
values this week. The quality of
cattle arriving is rather poor. There
are no offering of consequence in
Stockers and feeders.
We quote:
Choice beef..»8.OO0$8 00
Common Beef down to. 7.00
Choice Cornfed cows. . fi 0007 oo
Good butcher grades.5.0005 90
Canners and cutters. 3 2504 90
Vea 1 ca 1 ves. 7.5009.99
Bulls, stags etc. 5 5007 25
Good to choice feeders. 7 0008 00
Common grades down to ... 6 25
Stock heifers. 4.7506.75
Hog receipts are moderate for this
season of the year and prices are
about steady with a week ago. Bulk
*8 50 to 8.60 top 8.65.
The sheep market is showing eratic
ChangA and at the present time is de
clining again.
Can we do anything for you? Do
vou intend to ship soon?
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OUR CHAUTAUQUA
The Chautauqua is the out-door school for
out-of-school people.
It affords the opportunity of hearing and
seeing the best that the country affords in art,
music, literature and oratory.
I It flourishes best in a community of culture
and refinement, and of such a community we
believe we can honestly boast.
Therefore, we confidently look forward to
a liberal patronage of our coming Chautau
qua.
As a people we will be measured h~r cur
interest in this enterprise, and our interest
will be judged by our attendance or non
nlsndance.
The name BRITT spells quality, and the
fact that our talent is to be furnished by the
Britt company is a guarantee of satisfaction.
There will be two big double programs
each day—afternoon and evening.
Begin planning now to attend every ses
sion. When such an array of talent is deliv
ered to our very door, we cannot afford to
neglect our opportunity.
Let us pull together to make this the biggest
public enterprise ever undertaken by our peo
ple. Watch for further announcements.
WYOMING FARM LANDS
-IN THE
BIG HORN BASIN
Are sure to greatly increase in value as soon as' the new
main line of the Burlington is completed through that rich irrigated
valley.
GO AHEAD OF THE RAILROAD and make money on
your investments. The crop outlook was never better and now is
the time to get in on ground floor prices.
STOP OFF AT SHERIDAN and take a trip into the Buffalo
country on the eastern slope of the Big Horn Mountains, where
there is plenty of water for irrigation and rich land to cultivate.
Write today for our latest booklets on Wyoming farm lands
and let me tell you about our personally conducted excursions.